Smallpox epidemic I the second year of the European settlement a smallpox epidemic came. It wiped out about half of the Aborigines people around Sydney. Then it spread beyond the then limits of European settlements. That included much of south eastern Australia. It reappeared in 1829-1830. Then it killed 40-60 % of the Aboriginal population.
Smallpox epidemic
I the second year of the European settlement a smallpox epidemic came. It wiped out about half of the Aborigines people around Sydney. Then it spread beyond the then limits of European settlements. That included much of south eastern Australia. It reappeared in 1829-1830. Then it killed 40-60 % of the Aboriginal population.